About 10 thousand people took to the streets of Taipei and three other cities on the island to protest against the use of nuclear energy and urged the Taiwan government to put more efforts in developing alternatives. Amid the anti-nuclear sentiment has grown following the crisis in Japan, thousands of Taiwanese activists carried banners with slogans sunflowers and against the nuclear industry.
Participants in the demonstrations called for the halt the construction of the fourth nuclear power plant on the island, which is expected to start operating next year. The protest organizers said the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, which shook Japan, showed that it is not safe to build nuclear power plants in areas with high seismic risk.
About 18 percent of Taiwan's energy comes from nuclear plants, while 53.4 percent is generated from coal and 20.4 percent for natural gas. Anti-nuclear activists argue that Taiwan has enough energy "without nuclear power," the nation has a surplus of 28.1 percent for electricity, even during peak hours.
Taiwan protests occur when in Japan, the lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget to finance the cleanup and reconstruction. The emergency fund approved on Saturday is estimated at 48 thousand 500 million dollars and is expected to be voted on Monday in the Senate. The withdrawal of millions of tons of debris generated by the earthquake and tsunami will take about three years, has estimated the Ministry of Environment.
In the three provinces of northeastern Japan hit by the disaster, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima there are almost 25 million tons of debris. At the last count of the police, natural disaster killed 616 people and 14 000 other 11 000 111 still missing. Moreover, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that one of their employees in the Fukushima nuclear plant has radiation levels near the annual legal limit of 250 milesieverts, reported Japanese news agency Kyodo.
TEPCO, which operates the plant, said he found a number of internal and external radiation of 240.8 mSv in total, while another worker has 226.6 mSv. Under Japanese law, workers in nuclear plants may be exposed to 250 mSv per year in an emergency. 
Participants in the demonstrations called for the halt the construction of the fourth nuclear power plant on the island, which is expected to start operating next year. The protest organizers said the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, which shook Japan, showed that it is not safe to build nuclear power plants in areas with high seismic risk.
About 18 percent of Taiwan's energy comes from nuclear plants, while 53.4 percent is generated from coal and 20.4 percent for natural gas. Anti-nuclear activists argue that Taiwan has enough energy "without nuclear power," the nation has a surplus of 28.1 percent for electricity, even during peak hours.
Taiwan protests occur when in Japan, the lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget to finance the cleanup and reconstruction. The emergency fund approved on Saturday is estimated at 48 thousand 500 million dollars and is expected to be voted on Monday in the Senate. The withdrawal of millions of tons of debris generated by the earthquake and tsunami will take about three years, has estimated the Ministry of Environment.
In the three provinces of northeastern Japan hit by the disaster, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima there are almost 25 million tons of debris. At the last count of the police, natural disaster killed 616 people and 14 000 other 11 000 111 still missing. Moreover, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that one of their employees in the Fukushima nuclear plant has radiation levels near the annual legal limit of 250 milesieverts, reported Japanese news agency Kyodo.
TEPCO, which operates the plant, said he found a number of internal and external radiation of 240.8 mSv in total, while another worker has 226.6 mSv. Under Japanese law, workers in nuclear plants may be exposed to 250 mSv per year in an emergency.
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